Project 199 Update — Month One
Nothing says accountability like publishing to the world your New Year’s resolution – especially when it’s all about shedding a big chunk of your body mass. So, how am I tracking one month into my...
View ArticleLook at Youth Sports Differently
Here we are in the midst of Little League baseball season so it must be about time for more outcry from psychologists, parents and journalists about how our star craved culture is ruining our kids’...
View ArticleApologies for the Radio Silence
Yikes! I haven’t posted on this blog in over two weeks. What gives? No, I haven’t been on an extended vacation, though it is fair to assume that the Grey Family trip to Mexico has been postponed for...
View ArticleCollege Sports Feeling the Recession
A rather depressing story in today’s NY Times about cuts spreading rapidly across the college sports landscape. Seems that the recession’s squeeze is finally making its way to the athletic...
View ArticleSafeway Innovates in an Unlikely Place
Living in San Francisco I have pretty much written off Safeway as a grocery shopping option. I mean, c’mon, it’s just not cool to shop at there. Maybe when I’m in a pinch and need a gallon of milk,...
View ArticleFood Inc. Movie Review
Upton Sinclair must be turning over in his grave. Last night I went to check out the documentary Food Inc., a movie that chronicles the far reaching industry that one would describe most aptly as the...
View ArticleMeasured Your QALYs Lately?
One angle of the health care debate that seems to finally be getting a bit of attention is the dynamic between disease management and prevention. Most of the spending today on health care is geared...
View ArticleWillpower is a Scarce Resource
I just figured out why it’s so hard for people to lose weight — and keep it off: Willpower is a scarce resource. Running across a WebMD article that highlights a study in which it is explained that...
View ArticleGive Me My Health Records — Free of Charge!
This isn’t what I’d call the most significant personal horror story related to health care. In fact, in the scheme of such stories, what I had happen this past Friday is pretty tame. However, it does...
View ArticleRevisiting My 2009 Goals and Predictions
Before we get too far in to the new decade, I want to circle back on a couple posts I boldly put out there in early 2009. The first one touted the fact that I had decided to just pick One Resolution...
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